Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $48.95 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.96
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.96
Aetna MCR $3.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.57
BCBS HMO $4.91
BCBS PPO $4.91
BCBS EPOSOA $4.91
BCBS BAV $6.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.42
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.92
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.92
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.15
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.20
United OptionsPPO $8.30
Superior HMO $8.64
Superior EPO $8.64
Superior ValueHMO $9.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.34
United AllPayerAppendix $13.45
United SmallGroup $13.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.45
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.82
BCBS Traditional $17.29
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $21.24
United GlobalAppendix $22.23
Coventry National First Health COMM $26.33
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $27.17
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $27.17
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $29.64
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $29.64
Independent Medical System COMM $29.64
Coastal Comp COMM $32.11
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $37.05
Cigna CSN $37.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $39.52
Humana HMO $39.64
Humana PPO $39.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $40.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.11
USA Managed Care COMM $41.99
Physicians, INC COMM $41.99
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $41.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $41.99
Affiliated PPO COMM $44.46
Cigna PPO $48.95

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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $63.51 $7.01 – $7.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $57.96 $6.81 – $54.93
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $9.94 $3.57 – $39.64
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $4.05 $1.98 – $11.55
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $128.18 $1.64 – $54.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $207.19 $3.89 – $35.06
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $112.42 $3.57 – $39.64
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $128.18 $1.98 – $54.40

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